Hello Answers Team,
I need a fast turnaround on this one - I'm going to sleep in Australia
now and am hoping to have some substance in the morning.
I'm interested in what issues are confronting Islam TODAY in modern
society, with particular reference to Indonesia, Malaysia and the
Middle East.
If you could Identify the issues, with a discussion and appropriately
referencing your sources so that I can get stuck into some deeper
reading, that would be great.
I've spent some time researching, but can't really find anything with
specific respect to Indonesia and Malaysia out there.
If I have an answer in approximately 10 hours, I'm prepared to tip generously.
Due to the importance of a quick response, I'd really like an answer
within 24 hours from now.
Please feel free to ask for any clarifications, as I'll be checking
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Request for Question Clarification by
pafalafa-ga
on
15 Oct 2006 06:18 PDT
Hope you have a good night's sleep!
Don't mean to slow things down, but I'm not very clear about what you need, here.
Are you asking only about Indonesia and Malaysia, and seeking
specifics about issues in those countries?
If that's not it, then please clarify the scope of the question.
In either event, it would be helpful to have more detail on the sorts
of information you're hoping to receive in response.
Thanks,
pafalafa-ga
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Clarification of Question by
itswillis-ga
on
15 Oct 2006 14:51 PDT
Yes - that's it.
I'm particularly interested about issues confronting modern day
followers of Islam in Malaysia and Indonesia (particularly those
countries), as well as the Middle East (Please feel free to be more
generic when dealing with the middle east).
I understand that the question is quite generic but please feel free
to interpret "Issues" as you see fit - just be specific regarding the
issues and reference. It's hard for me to describe the sort of
information that I want, as I do not want to taint your reseaching
metholodogy with my own, and end up with 2 sets of the same
information.
My aim is to let the researcher answer the question as they see fit,
then compare your interpretation with my own, and also see what I've
missed and do further research on that with the references you
provide.
Any response within 5 hours from now will still be tipped generously.
Thanks for the e-mail notification tip - that's what was meant to wake
me up! Will keep checking this every hour now.
Thanks.
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Clarification of Question by
itswillis-ga
on
15 Oct 2006 15:04 PDT
Just to make things clear:
A good answer by 15 Oct 2006 20:00 PDT will be tipped generously.
I'd really like a response before 16 Oct 2006 06:00 PDT though, as
anything later won't give me the time I need on my end to research.
Thanks.
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Request for Question Clarification by
pafalafa-ga
on
15 Oct 2006 15:47 PDT
itswillis-ga,
I can't speak for all researchers, of course, but I know I won't be
able to provide a well-researched answer in just the next few hours.
But the next best thing...or perhaps even a better option, for your
research purposes...might be to post an answer that steers you to some
excellent sources on the topic, such as this one for Malaysia:
http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2005/51518.htm
International Religious Freedom Report 2005
Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
There are a host of reports like this one that provide fast, but
in-depth overviews of the main issues confronting particular countries
and regions, and the groups (such as Moslems) within those countries.
Would links to a number of these key reports be useful to you as an
answer to your question?
paf
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Clarification of Question by
itswillis-ga
on
15 Oct 2006 16:24 PDT
Hi paf,
Links to such reports would be very useful IN the answer - but as you
can imagine, I've found a few myself!
As far as having the reports AS the answer... as long as you indulge
me with a brief discussion as to what you believe the issues that are
confronting followers of Islam are in the aforementioned areas (with
reference to the reports) - that will probably do.
If you believe that you can provide a well researched and documented
answer within - say, 12-24 hours from now instead of 4 hours, then I
implore you to "Answer" this question with the links to the reports,
then post a clarification to the answer with the well researched and
documented response.
So - to recap:
1) Steering me to excellent sources on the topic would be great -
please provide by 15 Oct 3006 20:00 PST (or close to as possible) with
a brief discussion. Post this as the answer, and i'll request
clarification of the answer asking for a discussion of the issues.
2) If you can provide me with an in-depth discussion of the issues by
16 Oct 2006 16:00 PDT, I'll tip $50 to you (am I allowed to say that?!
Don't want to get in trouble!). If you cannot, or decide not to
provide an in-depth discussion of the issues by 16 Oct 2006 16:00 PDT,
i'll mark the question as answered by then and we'll just leave it at
that.
Any questions/clarifications - please feel free to ask.
Thanks.
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Clarification of Question by
itswillis-ga
on
15 Oct 2006 16:28 PDT
itswillis-ga said:
"1) Steering me to excellent sources on the topic would be great -
please provide by 15 Oct 3006 20:00 PST (or close to as possible)"
...ummmm... 15 Oct 3006 20:00 PST is probably a little late :)
15 Oct 2006 20:00 PST would be much better!
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Clarification of Question by
itswillis-ga
on
15 Oct 2006 17:02 PDT
Just to be entirely clear:
1) Would like a response with links to the report and brief discussion
by 15 Oct 2006 20:00 PST (or significantly close to 20:00). The $50 is
all yours.
2) ADDITIONALLY, Well researched and in-depth discussion by 16 Oct
2006 16:00 PST will attract up to another $50 tip, based on the
quality of your answer.
Hope that's clear for all now!
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Request for Question Clarification by
pafalafa-ga
on
15 Oct 2006 17:24 PDT
Thanks for the additional feedback.
You've asked a very reasonable and well-presented question. However,
I just don't see myself having the time to devote to this in time to
meet your needs.
Hopefully, someone else can step in, and provide an answer.
All the best,
paf
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Clarification of Question by
itswillis-ga
on
15 Oct 2006 17:56 PDT
paf,
Thanks for the feedback.
Do you have any other tips and/or links to reports that I may find useful?
If the timeframe for the answer was 24hrs from now, would that give you enough time?
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Clarification of Question by
itswillis-ga
on
15 Oct 2006 22:30 PDT
Anybody interested in answering this question in the next 24 hours?
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